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Plaque at St. Bart’s hospital in London.

The first Sherlock Holmes game.

 Created by Parker Brothers in  1904. 

For three to eight players. 

The entire deck is dealt.  Each player  turns up the top card from their stack at the same time.  If a player sees that another  has turned up a card matching their  own they “capture” that card.  A “Sherlock Holmes” card allows the player to take all “captured” cards of any one player.

When a player has run out of cards in their stack three times,  the number of captured  cards that say “Thief,” “Robber” and  “Burglar”are counted. The player with the most cards wins.

“It seemed an object perfectly designed to appeal to your curiosity,” Mycroft had added as a post-script, after the necessary business of funds was cleared. “Or to your ego. I understand he plans to make it a series.” (x)